Counseling
“As every therapist will tell you, healing involves discomfort— but so does refusing to heal. And over time, refusing to heal is always more painful.” Resmaa Menakem
We live in a broken world. This is evidenced by the suffering we see or experience each day. We struggle in our understanding who we are. We struggle to navigate our relationships. We struggle to make sense of our circumstances. And we struggle in our knowledge and experience of God. Thankfully, we don’t have to walk alone.
In our counseling we seek to understand a person and their struggles from a biblical framework and to provide Christ-centered and compassionate care that is applied in a holistic manner.
We utilize what God has revealed to us in his word and in his world to come alongside people and offer help. We want to bring together ancient wisdom and modern day insights. We truly believe that God’s wisdom speaks into our suffering, our sin, and our confusion and gives real comfort, lasting change, and practical clarity for our lives.
We offer counseling that seeks to address a vary of issues such as:
Depression
Anxiety
Marriage and family struggles
Crisis and trauma, conflict
Sexual brokenness
Sexual abuse
Addictions
Domestic abuse
Anger issues
Spiritual abuse
Culture stress
Burnout
And more.
Our goal is to provide counseling that is Theologically-Grounded, Holistically-Minded, Gospel-Centered, Trauma-Informed, and Cross-Culturally Aware.
Our Counseling Philosophy
We align ourselves with the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation’s (CCEF) model of care. We believe that life works best when we take to heart the words of God and seek to apply them. There are many different counseling modalities. We do not adhere to any particular model exclusively. The care we give largely depends on the individual’s needs.
Counseling Values
Theologically-Grounded
We believe that God is our creator and he has revealed the best path that promotes human flourishing. God’s revealed truth serves as our foundation, framework, and authority in how we understand and address people and their problems and it guides us in how we care.
Gospel-Centered
Real change comes from the grace of the gospel, not willpower, techniques, or rule-following, and that grace applies to the whole Christian life, not just conversion. We never outgrow our need for it.
Holistically-Minded
Every person comes to us with a complex history and a unique personality so we don’t try to offer easy answers. Since people are embodied souls shaped by their relationships, culture, and circumstances, our counseling seeks to address the whole person. We seek to help a person grow in in areas of character and holiness as well as health and functioning.
Trauma-Informed
We take suffering and trauma seriously as forces that impact a person’s view of God, self, and others. In understanding the complexity of trauma we seek to be informed by clinicians who specialize in this area while at the same time mining God’s word for his wisdom.
Cross-Culturally Aware
We know the unique challenges of living and working cross-culturally. We ourselves have lived that life so we get it. We want to honor each person’s culture seek to understand how God’s truth is applied in each context.
Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched, Weak and wounded, sick and sore; Jesus, ready, stands to save you, Full of pity, joined with power. He is able, He is able; He is willing; doubt no more.
Come ye needy, come, and welcome, God's free bounty glorify; True belief and true repentance, Every grace that brings you nigh. Without money, without money Come to Jesus Christ and buy.
Come, ye weary, heavy laden, Bruised and broken by the fall; If you tarry 'til you're better, You will never come at all. Not the righteous, not the righteous; Sinners Jesus came to call.
Joseph Hart